Munro, Ronald Fane (Flying Officer, b.1919 - d.2016)

Places	Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Nowra Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Groote Elyandt Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory, Milingimbi Island Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, Archerfield Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Mareeba Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Cairns Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Cape York, Cooktown Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Coen Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Torres Strait, Horn Island Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Townsville Oceania: Australia, Queensland, Richmond Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Victor Harbor Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Bairnsdale Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Ballarat Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Mallacoota Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Laverton Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Sale Oceania: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain Oceania: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Oceania: New Guinea, Lae Oceania: New Guinea, Port Moresby Oceania: New Guinea1, Mubo Salamaua Area, Salamaua Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Milne Bay Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Buna Area, Buna Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Papuan Islands, Louisiade Archipelago
Accession Number	AWM2017.97.1
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	Extent: 2.5 cm; Wallet/s: 1
Object type	Log book, Photograph, Manuscript, Document, Diary
Maker	Commonwealth of Australia Munro, Ronald Fane
Place made	Australia, New Guinea
Date made	1942-2000
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required., Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

Places

Accession Number

AWM2017.97.1

Collection type

Private Record

Record type

Collection

Measurement

Extent: 2.5 cm; Wallet/s: 1

Object type

Log book, Photograph, Manuscript, Document, Diary

Maker

Commonwealth of Australia
Munro, Ronald Fane

Place made

Australia, New Guinea

Date made

1942-2000

Access

Open

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Copying Provisions

Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required., Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

Collection relating to the Second World War service of 408915 Flying Officer Ronald Fane Munro, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF), New Guinea and Australia, 1941-1945.

Collection consists of:
- 1 x written manuscript (and 1 x earlier draft) entitled 'A Resume of my Experiences in the RAAF. 1941-1945 Flying Officer Ron Munro'. The manuscript describes various aspects of Munro's service. This includes anecdotes about certain significant events during his service. The manuscript begins with a description of Munro's training in Victoria and South Australia. The manuscript then discusses Munro's time spent in northern Australia and New Guinea, including several descriptions of operations around the Milne Bay area. There are also mentions of Munro's experiences testing newly-developed wireless equipment. The final pages of the manuscript contain facsimiles of images related to Munro's service.

- 1 x blue felt-covered 'Royal Australian Air Force Observer's Air Gunner's and W/T Operator's Flying Log Book' with 'Munro R.F.' written in black on the cover. This spans the period 5 March 1942 to 4 April 1945. Throughout, Munro flies in: DC-2s, DC-3 Dakotas, Fairey Battles, Bristol Beauforts, a B-17 Flying Fortress; Hudsons, and Liberators. These are flown from various airfields in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and New Guinea. Also enclosed in the logbook is a torn scrap of paper with various addresses and phone numbers.

- 1 x photograph of an aircraft's nose art, depicting a simargl before the Japanese sun, with the caption 'kita bikin ayer sama tojo' (loosely meaning 'we piss on Tojo'), and a caption describing a bombing run on 25 June 1942 - the date that the nose art was painted on.